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About Paul Knight
NBN Episodes hosted by Paul:
June 23, 2017
Rise of the Dungeon Master
Rise of the Dungeon Master: Gary Gygax and the Creation of D and D (Nation Books, 2017) by David Kushner and illustrated by Koren Shadmi is a gorgeous…
June 19, 2017
Empire of Imagination
Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons (Bloomsbury, 2015) by Michael Witwer is an exceptional biography of the co-cre…
May 26, 2017
Of Dice and Men
David M. Ewalt's book Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and The People Who Play It (Scribner, 2013) is at once a love letter, cultura…
April 17, 2017
Western Foreign Fighters
Phil Gurski's Western Foreign Fighters: The Threat to Homeland and International Security (Rowman and Littlefield, 2016) is his second recent monograp…
December 17, 2015
Interrogation, Intelligence and Security
Interrogation, Intelligence and Security: Controversial British Techniques (Manchester University Press, 2015) by Samantha Newbery examines issues of …
November 15, 2015
The Billion Dollar Spy
David E. Hoffman's The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal (Doubleday, 2015) was first brought to my attention in a su…
March 5, 2015
An Enemy We Created
Alex Strick van Linschoten and Felix Kuehn's An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban/Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan, 1970-2010 (Oxford University…
February 12, 2015
Among the Ruins
Christian C. Sahner's Among the Ruins: Syria Past and Present (Oxford University Press, 2014) resists easy categorization into genre: it as at once a …
December 4, 2014
Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense
Neurotechnology in National Security and Defense: Practical Considerations, Neuroethical Concerns (CRC Press, 2014), edited by Dr. James Giordano, is …
November 27, 2014
The Terrorist's Dilemma
Jacob N. Shapiro's The Terrorist's Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations (Princeton University Press, 2013) is a welcome addition to a field …
November 14, 2014
Fountainhead of Jihad
Vahid Brown and Don Rassler's Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012 (Oxford University Press, 2013) is a meticulously researched and rem…
October 3, 2014
The Al-Qaeda Doctrine
Donald Holbrook'sThe Al-Qaeda Doctrine: The Framing and Evolution of the Leadership's Public Discourse (Bloomsbury, 2014)represents a significant scho…